Camarillo Airport getting runway, lighting upgrades

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Workers perform maintenance Wednesday at the Camarillo Airport.

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Oxnard Airport is handling extra air traffic while the Camarillo Airport is closed.

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Workers resurface the runway and surrounding areas of the Camarillo Airport Wednesday.

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Jorge Rubio, Ventura County deputy director of airports, points out new LED signal lights along the runway Wednesday at the Camarillo Airport.

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Workers perform maintenance at the Camarillo Airport on Wednesday. The airport is closed until Saturday while workers apply a new seal to the runway and install LED lights.

The Camarillo Airport runway will reopen Saturday after a weeklong, $2.3 million maintenance project.